Should You Let Your Child Leave Home Without International Student Health Insurance?
Posted by Dakota Levey Apr 28, 2011 No Comments »
This is your child moving to a foreign country to study. Should your teenager travel without international student health insurance? That would be like allowing a toddler to swim without arm inflatable. The risks are just stacked up.
You can minimize your cost by getting a one year policy. If your child is planning to study in the US, there is a prerequisite for international student health insurance. Some schools offer their own plans, although generally they are more expensive. Shopping elsewhere will guarantee a better deal. You may pay the same amount, but you get more benefits.
Even without this requirement by US universities, wouldn’t you want your child to be insured while away from you? If you live halfway across the world, it will take time before you can get to your child. What if there is some kind of natural calamity in your country and you can’t travel? With the student health insurance, all you have to do is call in the accident or medical emergency. The insurance company can help your child until you get there.
In many medical emergency cases, time is important. Getting immediate medical attention will prevent the situation from getting worst. This is what the health insurance is for.
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